Tape dispensers



F. S. LINCOLN Jan. 3, 1967 TAPE DISPENSERS Filed Feb. 19, 1965 INVENTOR. FAY 5a L/A/COL/V United States Patent Filed Feb. 19, 1965, Ser. No. 434,020 4 Claims. (U. 225-522) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in tape dispensers, and it has among its objects to provide a device which will facilitate cutting off a piece of tape at a definite length, and without temporarily losing the end of the roll of tape from which said piece has been cut.

It is the purpose to eliminate or improve some features found in the inventions now commonly known in this art, especially to a certain box tape dispenser.

Thus, when the aforesaid invention describes a serrated piece of metal adapted to cut off a certain length of a tape, it appears that the force required for said cutting would damage or weaken the wall of the cardboard box on which said tape dispenser would be mounted, causing the falling or pulling away of said wall during the pressure exerted upon the latter from said cutting, thus rendering the serrated edge inoperative.

Further, when a piece of tape has been cut off from a roll of tape, the end of the latter will invariably fall or drop into the said dispenser box, thereby causing annoyance and loss of time in retrieving said end.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features, combination and arrangements of parts hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a box with a tape and tape roll shown in dotted lines.

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged top plan view of my invention.

FIGURE 3 shows an enlarged perspective detail view, as part of my invention; while FIGURE 4 shows a blank shaped, and

FIGURE 5 represents a view taken on the lines 5-5 in FIGURE 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, has been made to illustrate in FIGURE 4 the sections which make up the invention.

Thus in FIGURE 5 there is shown a path-way 20 upon which the tape 17 travels, said path-way comprises a cutter 12 which at one end is formed with teeth 18, a slightly downwardly sloping center portion 23 continuing in a further downward sloping, and at the end slightly rounded, portion 24 to facilitate the moving of said tape.

The tape dispenser comprises further flaps 1.4, 14, bent over the walls of the box to which they are secured as at 16 by prick punching.

The cutter 12 is at the opposite end formed with a transverse cut or slit 22 by which a rough edge or ridge 21 is provided, the latter pointing toward the top, or teeth 18, said edge serving especially to prevent the end of the tape, after cutting the latter, from dropping or falling back into the box-like container 10.

The numerals 25, 26 and 27 indicate bends of the flaps, as shown in FIGURE 5, and in further details in FIG- URE 3; said views show schematically how the different sections are formed from a blank, as for example, the flaps 14, 14.

In actual operation, the tape 17, after being pulled at its free end, travels along the path-way until severed from which this device is an attempt features or by the teeth, or serrations 18 of the cutter 12, whereupon, in order to prevent the remaining tape from sliding 0r dropping back into the box 10, the end of said tape is gripped or retained by the edge or ridge 21.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts, as shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the invention and the appended claims; and I do not, therefore, wish to limit myself to the exact construction shown and described herein.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

l. In a box, a tape dispenser comprising a blank bent upon itself into several sections, a path-way made by the latter, a cutter forming part of said path-way, the latter sloping downwardly and terminating in a slightly rounded end portion, whereby to facilitate a pull on said tape, teeth at the top of said cutter, the latter being made with a slit at the opposite end thereof, and a rough edge formed by said slit and adapted to grip and prevent the remaining tape from sliding back into the box after cutting; fiap sections on each side of the path-way being bent over the wall of said box and secured to the latter, whereby to strengthen the construction thereof.

2. A tape dispenser made from a blank bent upon itself into several sections, a path-way formed by one of said sections and comprising a cutter having at its top a serrated edge and at its bottom an opening formed with a rough edge portion adapted to retain the remaining portion of a tape after the cut off from the top of the latter, a downwardly sloping part of said path-way terminating in a slightly rounded portion at its lower end, whereby to facilitate the movement of the tape, flaps formed by other sections of said blank and being bent over the walls of a box and secured to the latter.

3. A casing having a cutter mounted therein, said casing consisting of a single blank creased to form a plurality of sections, the latter being gathered in an accordion-like manner, whereby to form said casing.

4. A tape dispenser made from a blank bent upon itself into several sections, a path-way formed by one of said sections, and comprising a cutter having at its top a serrated edge, a downwardly sloping portion integral with said cutter and terminating in a slightly rounded portion at its lower end, flaps formed by other sections of said blank and being bent over the walls of a box and secured to the latter; said cutter being made with a slit, an edge formed by the latter and extending upwardly, said edge having a rough surface whereby to facilitate gripping and arresting said tape from sliding back into the box after being used.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 972,683 10/1910 De Laney 225-88 X 1,293,484 2/1919 Ley 225-90 X 2,309,396 1/1943 Jackson 225-47 X 2,739,648 3/1956 Slezak 225-88 X 3,008,619 11/1961 Walsh 225-90 X 3,150,807 9/1964 Loughary 225-47 FOREIGN PATENTS 203,437 9/1956 Australia.

628,934 10/ 1961 Canada.

WILLIAM W. DYER, 111., Primary Examiner. J. M. MEISTER, Assistant Examiner. 

1. IN A BOX, A TAPE DISPENSER COMPRISING A BLANK BENT UPON ITSELF INTO SEVERAL SECTIONS, A PATH-WAY MADE BY THE LATTER, A CUTTER FORMING PART OF SAID PATH-WAY, THE LATTER SLOPING DOWNWARDLY AND TERMINATING IN A SLIGHTLY ROUNDED END PORTION, WHEREBY TO FACILITATE A PULL ON SAID TAPE, TEETH AT THE TOP OF SAID CUTTER, THE LATTER BEING MADE WITH A SLIT AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF, AND A ROUGH EDGE FORMED BY SAID SLIT AND ADAPTED TO GRIP AND PREVENT THE REMAINING TAPE FROM SLIDING BACK INTO THE BOX AFTER CUTTING; FLAP SECTIONS ON EACH SIDE OF THE PATH-WAY BEING BENT OVER THE WALL OF SAID BOX AND SECURED TO THE LATTER, WHEREBY TO STRENGTHEN THE CONSTRUCTION THEREOF. 